Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/mattermost-community/focalboard/vs/mattermost/mattermost
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/mattermost-community/focalboard/vs/mattermost/mattermost.md
Description: focalboard and mattermost share 6 technologies: Gorilla, pq, Postgres, Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/morph, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

# focalboard vs mattermost

focalboard and mattermost share 6 technologies: Gorilla, pq, Postgres, Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/morph, and Prometheus. Both are written in Go.

- [mattermost-community/focalboard](https://seerepo.com/r/mattermost-community/focalboard): Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana.
- [mattermost/mattermost](https://seerepo.com/r/mattermost/mattermost): Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle..

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Gorilla, pq, Postgres, Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/morph, Prometheus
- Only in focalboard: go-sqlite3, SQLite, github.com/Masterminds/squirrel, github.com/mattermost/logr/v2
- Only in mattermost: net/http, OpenSearch, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, github.com/redis/rueidis, github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, Elasticsearch, MinIO, github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/public, React, github.com/mattermost/squirrel, github.com/jmoiron/sqlx, github.com/mattermost/gosaml2, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/dgryski/dgoogauth, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/mattermost/ldap, github.com/boxes-ltd/imaging, golang.org/x/image, github.com/dyatlov/go-opengraph/opengraph, code.sajari.com/docconv/v2, github.com/bep/imagemeta, github.com/golang/freetype, github.com/jaytaylor/html2text, github.com/mattermost/pdf, github.com/wneessen/go-mail, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog, classnames, styled-components, @mattermost/compass-ui, @floating-ui/react, react-bootstrap

## Side by side

| | focalboard | mattermost |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 121,787 lines written, 605 code files | 2,078,770 lines written, 4,063 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 4.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, and Aider |
| Activity | Last push May 18, 2026, 3,254 commits, 26,550 stars | Last push November 14, 2026, 21,535 commits, 39,608 stars |
| Tests | 251 test files. 50.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 4,434 test files. 55.9% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, focalboard or mattermost?

mattermost, with 2,078,770 lines written; focalboard has 121,787.

The proof: [mattermost/mattermost's code at commit 9538099](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/tree/9538099732bde16c3aba8642f83a730a42c177c8)

### Which has more GitHub stars, focalboard or mattermost?

mattermost, with 39,608 stars; focalboard has 26,550.

The proof: [mattermost/mattermost on GitHub](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost)

### Which has more tests, focalboard or mattermost?

mattermost, with 4,434 test files; focalboard has 251.

The proof: [mattermost/mattermost's code at commit 9538099](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/tree/9538099732bde16c3aba8642f83a730a42c177c8)

### Which was updated more recently, focalboard or mattermost?

mattermost: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and focalboard's on May 18, 2026.

The proof: [mattermost/mattermost's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, focalboard or mattermost?

mattermost: an AI signed 4.9% of its commits, with Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, and Aider.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in mattermost/mattermost](https://seerepo.com/r/mattermost/mattermost/ai)

## Sources

- mattermost-community/focalboard: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit a84bbb6 (https://github.com/mattermost-community/focalboard/tree/a84bbb65e32edf972856b329417096ac413518e9)
- mattermost/mattermost: Read on November 14, 2026, at commit 9538099 (https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/tree/9538099732bde16c3aba8642f83a730a42c177c8)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.